For Ga. Farmers Impacted By Hurricane Michael, The Road To Recovery Looms Large

Greg Mims at his family’s timber stand in Seminole County.

Emma Hurt / WABE

The Georgia legislature began a special session Tuesday to try to help Southwest Georgia recover from Hurricane Michael.

While it’s been more than a month since the storm, farmers like father and son Willard and Greg Mims are still getting things in order. They are two of the five generations of their family who have farmed in Seminole County.

“I was born in Seminole County. Lived here all my life,” Willard Mims said. “But I’ve never seen anything like this before. Hope I don’t ever see it again.”